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EAVES TROUGH HANGER.

No. 370,073. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,073, dated September 20, 1887.

Application filed May 18, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD LUMM, of Garrett, in the county of De Kalb, in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Eaves-Trough Hanger, of which the following is a specification. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of an eaves-trough to which is attached the improved hanger, and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section thereof.

A is the eaves-trough, provided at its front upper edge with the usual roll, a. The hanger B is composed of a single continuous metallic band, which surrounds the eaves-trough and is provided with a bent tongue or extension, I), for attachment to the roof. This hanger is bent to comprise a horizontal portion, 0, extending part way across the open top of the trough, a downward-curved portion, (1, underneath the trough, a bend, e, conforming to the roll of the trough, a second horizontal portion, f, slightly overlapping the horizontal part c, and from this part f extends the bent tongue I).

To retain the hanger in position on the trough, the front horizontal part,f, is formed with a lateral aperture or slot, 9, which cooperates with a rearwardly and upwardly extending tongue, h, bent up from the end of the rear horizontal part, c.

To apply the hanger the tongue h is disengaged from the slot and the hanger is then passed around or slipped over the trough.

Serial No. 239,647. (No model The upper edges of the trough are then slightly pressed toward each other until the tongue it enters the slot 9. The hanger is then attached to the roof by the extension I). The spring of the trough prevents any accidental displacement of the tongue h from the slot. The hanger may be further secured by bending the tongue down close to the par'tf. By pressing the sides of the trough together the hanger can be adjusted to any position thereon, either with or without disengaging the tongue from the slot. Thus from asingle metallic band a hanger is made which is simple, economical, and ef fective.

I claim as my invention The eavestrough hanger formed of bent parts 0, d, 6,], and 1), parts 0 andf being horizontal parts extending across the upper open part of the trough and overlapping each other, parts (1 and 6 being parts extending beneath the trough and connecting a andf, and part I) being a fastening-extension bent up from part f, said horizontal part 0 having a tongue, 11, which engages a slot, 9, on the part f, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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\Vitnesses L. GovELL, DANIEL WALTER. 

